We would like to invite you to Sunday Tea at a fellow expat’s home in Randaberg. We will be meeting on Sunday, 15 January 2012 at 13:00. Our host will have tea, coffee and some snacks. Please feel free to bring along anything else you wish! Let us know if you have any food allergies...
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Jan 4, 2012 •
A lot of our readers have been asking about getting a mobile phone whilst in Norway, so we have pulled together some information and a list of providers to help you. If you have any experiences you would like to share, please feel free to add a comment below or in the forum. Kontantkort –...
Review: Level 1 Norwegian Language Course at the University of Stavanger I recently completed the beginning Norwegian Course for Foreigners with Higher Education at the main campus of the University of Stavanger, through the UiS Pluss program. NOTE: This course is different from the one year course to prepare foreigners who want to study in...
This article is one in a series of interviews with expats in Stavanger. Its purpose is to share with everyone what your fellow expats are doing and also to help advertise the businesses/services/events that these expats are involved in. If you would like to or know of a business/enterprise to be interviewed, feel free to...
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Dec 7, 2011 •
Happy Holidays from Stavanger Expats! We hope that you have found the site useful and taken some information along with you. We wish you all a wonderful holiday season. Below are a collection of articles about Christmas and New Years in Norway. Christmas in Norway This article is going to cover the traditional elements of...
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Sadie
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Nov 30, 2011 •
Whatever the time of year and regardless of the weather, I’ve noticed our Norwegian friends and neighbours driving off to stay at their cabins to relax and enjoy the great outdoors. I was keen to try and soak up this excellent part of living in Norway by spending the weekend at a hytte in Sirdal....
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Nov 23, 2011 •
Gamle Stavanger Julemarked This Sunday 27 November is the atmospheric Julemarked (Christmas market) in Gamle Stavanger. In connection with this market, there will be activity day at the Norwegian Canning Museum of smoking salmon. There will also be selling julesardiner (Christmas sardines) and årgangssardiner (Vintage sardines). The museum will also display a movie ’40 years...
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Fonda
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Nov 23, 2011 •
This article is one in a series of interviews with expats in Stavanger. Its purpose is to share with everyone what your fellow expats are doing and also to help advertise the businesses/services/events that these expats are involved in. If you would like to or know of a business/enterprise to be interviewed, feel free to...
Trying to find the right daycare/kindergarten (barnehage) for your child? Here are some pointers to help you make a decision that works best for you and your child. Visit the daycare Before filling out your daycare application form, you can visit the daycares that you’re thinking of putting down on the list. You can bring...
Randi Mannsåker is a professionally qualified life/personal and corporate coach, NLP Practitioner, Small Business and Youth Coach. She is a graduate protègè student from the Coaching Academy in London, Europe’s largest and most experienced coach training school. Randi has a Diploma in Business Management from the Association of Business Executives UK. She has worked in...
This article is one in a series of interviews with expats in Stavanger. Its purpose is to share with everyone what your fellow expats are doing and also to help advertise the businesses/services/events that these expats are involved in. If you would like to or know of a business/enterprise to be interviewed, feel free to...
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Fonda
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Nov 2, 2011 •
Dear Stavanger Expats, The website is now 2 years old! We would like to thank you for your readership, comments, questions and feedback. We still remember the day when the four of us sat together at a cafe and came up with the idea for this website. We worked on it for a month before...